J. H. Holmes

In Primitive New Guinea: An Account of a Quarter of a Century Spent Amongst the Primitive Ipi & Namau Groups of Tribes of the Gulf of Papua, with an Interesting Description of Their Manners of Living, the Customs & Habits, Feasts & Festivals, Totems & Cults

London, Seeley Service & Co. Ltd, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this scarce anthropological work on the tribes of Papua New Guinea, with illustrations. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with frontispiece and seventeen plates, one of which is folding. With many in-text images. Collated complete. A detailed and descriptive survey of the Ipi and Namau tribes of New Guinea, with chapters on monogamy, marriage, motherhood, domestic life, occupations, masks, art, totemism, feasts, festivals, spirits, sorcery, folk-lore, rituals, hunting, cooking, and much more. Written by J. H. Holmes, a British correspondent for the Royal Anthropological Institute. With publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original orange cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and minor rubbing to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and the odd mark to the board. Front hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 883T38

Catalogue: Asia

Keywords: Primitive New Guinea Tribes Holmes New Guinea Not Stated

William Richard Holmes

Sketches on the Shores of the Caspian, Descriptive and Pictorial

London, Richard Bentley, 1845. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this fascinating and rare early travel work on Persia and the Caspian Sea, written by the young William Richard Holmes. Illustrated with four tinted lithograph plates. The first edition of this work. A very scarce work. Illustrated with a tinted lithograph frontispiece, three tinted lithograph plates, and four in-text woodcut engravings. Collated, complete. This is the author's only known work. A fascinating and detailed travel work, looking in the Caspian Sea and the shores of the sea, and Persia. This is one of the most important travel accounts of Persia, published after Jonas Hanway's 1753 work. Travel works on Persia were very rare at this time, and were highly sort after. For the work, Holmes spent six months touring Persia. Holmes was related to James Brant, who was the British Consul at Erzerum. Holmes stayed with Brant whilst he was researching this work. Brant also led the expedition around Persia. The work is incredibly detailed, narrating his travels and the lives of Persians and Russians, as well as the numerous religious tribes he encountered. Holmes was young when on his journey, only twenty-three when this work was published. It is an intimate travel work, and is written in a lovely accessible style that doesn't hold back on description. Written by William Richard Holmes, who the British Consulate in Turkey, Samsoon, and Bosnia. He was knighted in 1877 for his services to the crown. Stamp to the recto to the front endpaper, 'C. Barlington', and to the head of the 'illustrations' page. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Cloth is lifting to the joints a little. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine. Evidence of a label being formerly adhered to the tail of the spine. Very small amount of loss to the head of the spine. A few light marks to the boards. Evidence of labels being formerly adhered to the pastedowns. Stamp to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with the odd mark and odd spot, spots heavier to the first and last few pages. Prior owner's stamp to the head of the 'illustrations' page. Pages 131-142 are lifting and fragile in the binding. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Book number: 690P15

Catalogue: Asia

Keywords: william richard holmes caspian travels sketches caspian caspian sea europe Not Stated

J. H. Holmes

Way Back in Papua

London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1926. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this social study into the indigenous tribes of Papua, with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and three plates. Collated complete. A sociological and anthropological study of the indigenous people of Papua, with chapters on the home, the Gods, habits, education, and renunciation. Written by J. H. Holmes, a British anthropologist and writer. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and light discolouration to the cloth. The odd mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting, predominantly to the first and last few pages. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Book number: 878T64

Catalogue: Asia

Keywords: Way Back Papua Holmes Back Not Stated

Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker

Himalayan Journals

Glasgow, The Grand Colosseum Warehouse Co. c1890. Cloth. An illustrated edition of this collection of naturalist Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker's accounts of travels to the Himalayas, Nepal, and Bengal. A fascinating account of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker's travels to the Himalayas, Bengal, the Sikkim, Nepal, and the Khasia Mountains. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker was a botanist, naturalist, and close friend of Charles Darwin, and for that reason this work has a focus on local flora, fauna, and other native plants. Hooker was one of the first naturalists to provide detailed written accounts of the plants of this region of the world. Illustrated with a frontispiece, thirteen additional plates, one of which is folding, and two folding maps to the rear. Collated and complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, a few marks to the boards, and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Spine has darkened. Internally, front hinge is strained, and folding plate opposite page 376 is detached but present. Light tidemarks to the extremities of the plates, otherwise pages are generally clean. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Book number: 832J35

Catalogue: Asia

Keywords: himalayan himalayas nepal sikkim himalayas illustrated Not Stated

Alexander Hosie; R. Talbot Kelly; J. D. Rees; F. B. Bradley-Birt

Oriental Series

Boston; Tokyo, J. B. Millet and Company, 1910. Leather. A set of four volumes exploring Asia, a vivid travel work with illustrations to each volume, a scarce limited 'Occidental Edition&apos. Four volumes of a total of twenty-four from the 'Oriental Series', this set comprising of Volumes XIV, XVII, XIX, and XX.The 'Occidental Edition', limited to 750 copies, of which these are numbered 28. This 'Occidental Edition' is the scarcer series, than the more commonly seen 'Ambassador's Edition&apos.A beautiful travel work series, exploring Asia. These volumes look at Manchuria, Burma, India, and Persia. 'Manchuria', by Alexander Hosie, illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and five plates. Collated, complete.'Burma', by R. Talbot Kelly, illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and five plates. Collated, complete.'India', by J. D. Rees, illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and five plates. Collated, complete.'Persia', by F. B. Bradley-Birt, and five plates. Collated, complete.This series explores each country in brilliant detail, providing an insight into their history and cultures, and the West's fascination with the East at the beginning of the twentieth century. In a full morocco binding. Externally, generally smart, rubbed to the joints and spines. Lifting to the head of the spine of 'Manchuria&apos. Minor bumping to the extremities. Only a few minor marks to the boards. Small bump to the rear board of 'Manchuria', joints are starting a little, more so to the rear joint. Front joint of 'Burma' is a little strained but remains firm. Front hinge of 'India' is starting but firm, rear hinge is a little strained. Front joint of 'Persia' is a little strained but remains firm, front hinge is starting. Very small tide mark to the front paste down of 'Manchuria&apos. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, pages unopened to the fore edge. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .

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Book number: 879P8

Catalogue: Asia

Keywords: Oriental Series manchuria burma india manchuria occidental edition Various

A. Hovgaard; H. L. Braekstad [trans.]

Nordenskiold&Apos;S Voyage Round Asia and Europe, a Popular Account of the North-East Passage of the Vega 1878-80

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1882 . First edition. Cloth. The fascinating first English language edition of a Danish naval officer's account of the first crossing of the Northeast Passage. Complete with colour folding maps and numerous further illustrations. The first English language edition of Danish Navy Commander Andreas Hovgaard's account of Adolf Erik Nordenskiold's Vega Expedition, where Hovgaard was in charge of both meteorological and geomagnetic observations. Translated from the original Danish by H. L. Braekstad.Illustrated with three colour maps, two of which are folding, and a further forty seven plates and vignette illustrations consisting of both views of the expedition's surroundings, and portraits of those on board. Collated, complete.The finest achievement amongst Nordenskiold's many Arctic explorations was the Vega expedition, where the SS Vega became the first vessel to circumnavigate the Eurasian continent, and the first ship to complete a voyage through the Northern Passage.With the bookplate of the James Hadden Circulating Library to the front pastedown, and no further library markings within, and a thirty-two page publisher's catalogue to the rear.In this richly illustrated work, Commander Hovgaard provides a thrilling first hand account of a pioneering voyage. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding, with gilt title. Back strip faded, with bumping to spine head and tail, and board extremities. Front and rear hinges starting, with boards holding firm. Circulating library bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound, though strained towards centre of text block. Pages bright, with scattered areas of spotting and handling marks, including to maps and plates. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Book number: 797F24

Catalogue: Asia

Keywords: SS Vega Northeast Passage Swedish History Whaling Northeast Passage James Hadden Not Stated

M. Le Baron de Hubner; Lady Herbert

A Ramble Round the World

London, Macmillan and Co. 1874. Cloth. A first edition of the translation of this Australian diplomat's travelogue, translated by Lady Herbert and published by Macmillan and Co. in 1874. First published in 1871 under the title 'Promenade au Tour du Monde', after its author had made extensive world travels, this was a rather popular work due to its humorous and light-hearted style and well-observed nature. This work follows his travels through the Americas, Japan and China.Count Joseph Alexander Hubner (1811-1892) was an Austrian diplomat, who quit his post to travel four years before the publication of this work.Translated by Lady Herbert in 1874; this is a first English edition.Complete in two volumes. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally very smart, with some slight wear to the head and tail of each spine resulting in a little discolouration to the cloth. Internally firmly bound, pages are generally bright and clean with just the odd spot. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 761R44

Catalogue: Asia

Keywords: Count Hubner Travelogue World Exploration Asia Travelogue Americas None

M. Huc [Évariste Régis Huc]

Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China, During the Years 1844-5-6

London, Office of the National Illustrated Library , 1852. Leather. Huc's popular travel account of China, Tibet and Mongolia, with beautiful engravings throughout. The early National Illustrated Library Edition. Dated from the National Library of Scotland. In a half calf binding with gilt detail and marbled boards. Two volumes bound in one. With a frontispiece, illustrated title page and numerous vignette illustrations in both volumes. Alongside a folding map in volume one. A popular nineteenth century travel account of Huc's travels throughout China, Mongolia and Tibet. It was first published in Paris in 1850, and went on to have many editions and translations. Évariste Régis Huc was a French Catholic priest, missionary and traveller. He is best known for his travel accounts of Asia and for being the first European, alongside his companion Joseph Gabet, to reach Lhasa since Thomas Manning in 1812. Translated from the French by W. Hazlitt. The half title page is present in both volumes. Bound without the publisher's advertisements. In a half calf binding. Externally, smart with some shelf wear to the extremities. Marks to the boards and spine. Evidence of worming to the front board. Hinges strained but still firm. Offsetting to the paste-downs and free endpapers. Small wormhole to the front paste-down and front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age-toned but otherwise bright and clean. The odd spot and handling mark throughout. Small wormhole to the bottom of the front blanks through to page viii, including the frontispiece and title page. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 847G8

Catalogue: Asia

Keywords: travel guide tibet china tartary tibet Abbé Huc mongolia Not Stated

Harold Ingrams

Arabia and the Isles

London, John Murray , 1946. Cloth. An early printing of this fascinating travel book, exploring the history of Arabia and its people by Harold Ingrams. An early printing of 1946 of this travel book by Harold Ingrams, British colonial administrator, best known for negotiating a truce between feuding tribes in the Hadhramaut region, known as 'Ingram's Peace.' Originally published in 1942. With a foreword by Sir Bernard Reilly, Governor of Aden 1937-40. A fascinating history of Arabia and its Isles and people, looking at the culture and development of the peninsula as observed by the author's travels.  The present copy was acquired from the sale from the personal library of Edward Henderson, British diplomat and Ambassador to Qatar, a prominent figure in the Persian Gulf region. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifty full page plates of photographs, as well as two folding maps to the rear. Collated, complete.  In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities, some faint soiling to the boards and spine and a minor mark to the rear board. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fifty full page plates of photographs, as well as two folding maps to the rear. Collated, complete.  Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 789A10

Catalogue: Asia

Keywords: arabia harold ingrams early printings edward henderson harold ingrams Not Stated

John B. Ireland

Wall-Street to Cashmere a Journal of Five Years in Asia Africa Europe

New York, S.A. Rollo & Co; Sampson Low, 1859 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John B. Ireland's richly illustrated narrative of his tour of the world. The first edition of this work, illustrated with a chromolithographic frontispiece and title page, a double page map, and sixty-nine plates. Collated, complete.Abandoning a Wall Street career, the author travelled to London to witness the opening of the Great Exhibition, before departing to Asia via the Europe and the Middle East. His provides an account of his travels to locations including Jerusalem, Petra, Kashmir, Peshawar, the Khyber Pass, Java, China, and Mauritius.Smith, in 'American Travellers Abroad', reviewed Ireland's work as "big and gaudy, this book epitomizes the type of traveller and travel caricatured in Around the World in Eighty Days".With a library bookplate to the front pastedown, and stamps to the verso of the title page, and the tail of a small number of leaves.A smart copy of a fascinating account of a global voyage. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to spine head and tail. Small loss of cloth to spine head. Evidence of spine number removal at back strip tail. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Areas of foxing throughout, concentrated at page perimeters. Stamp to verso of title page, with the odd further stamp throughout. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 870F15

Catalogue: Asia

Keywords: Wall-street to cashmere world travel voyage world travel Not Stated

Eyles Irwin

A Series of Adventures in the Course of a Voyage Up the Red-Sea, on the Coasts of Arabia and Egypt; and of a Route Through the Desarts of Thebais, Hitherto Unknown to the European Traveller, in the Year M. Dcc. LXXVII

London, J. Dodsley, 1780. First edition. Leather. A very smart first edition of Eyles Irwin's account of his exciting voyage up the Red Sea, illustrated throughout with folding maps. The first edition of this work.Half-title is present.Illustrated with three folding maps, and three sepia aquatint plates.Collated, complete.ESTC citation number T131972.An exciting travel work documenting the author's voyage up the Red Sea, recounting his adventures along the coasts of Arabia and Egypt. One of the best first hand accounts of this part of Arabia at this period and still very readable today. The voyage was a series of misahps and all the more interesting for it. Written in a series of letters.Written by Eyles Irwin, an Irish poet. Irwin was born in India, however became a member of the Royal Irish Academy due to his Irish roots. Rebound in a half morocco binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, fine. Small mark to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with the odd spot. Ink mark to the margin of page 197. Mark to page 226. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .

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Book number: 730P8

Catalogue: Asia

Keywords: A Series of Adventures in the Course of a Voyage Up the Red-Sea red sea voyage eyles irwin red sea asia east india company Not Stated

W. G. Ivens

Melanesians of the South-East Solomon Islands

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Limited, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this anthropological study of the Melanesians of the South-East Solomon Islands, with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with three colour plates, eighteen half-tone plates, and many in-text images. Collated complete. A comprehensive study on the Melanesian people of the South-East Solomon Islands, with specific reference to social organisation including birth, marriage, chieftains, feasts, sacrifices, ceremonies, and burials. As well as commentary on spirits, tabu and curses, black magic, incantations, and folklore. Written by Walter George Ivens, a New Zealand linguist and anthropologist who specialised in the Melanesian Mission. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and minor rubbing to the extremities. Light fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting, predominantly to the first and last few pages. Previous owner's ink stamp to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 874T47

Catalogue: Asia

Keywords: Melanesians South-East Solomon Islands Culture South-East Not Stated

Pierre du Jarric

Akbar and the Jesuits an Account of the Jesuit Missions to the Court of Akbar

London, George Routledge & Sons LTD, 1926. First edition. Cloth. An interesting account of sixteenth century Jesuit missions to the court of Akbar, illustrated throughout. First edition.An interesting account of a mission of Jesuits to the court of Akbar in 1579. The Jesuits were given freedom to preach the Gospel, not only teaching about their own beliefs but of other religions too.Akbar the Great was the third Mughal emperor, reigning from 1556 to 1605.This is an extract from Pierre de Jarrics 'Histoire', an extensive work in three parts recounting Jesuit missions. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and seven plates.Collated, complete.Translated with an introduction and noted by C. H. Payne.Four pages of adverts to the rear.Bookplate of Colonel Sir Edwin King to the front paste down.Part of the series 'The Broadway Travellers', edited by Sir E. Denison Ross and Eileen Power. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Spine is faded. Some light marks to the boards and spine. Bookplate to the front paste down. Spots to the endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 836P12

Catalogue: Asia

Keywords: Akbar and the Jesuits an Account of the Jesuit Missions to the Court of Akbar Akbar and the Jesuits akbar pierre du jarric Akbar and the Jesuits Not Stated

W. Carey Jeffries

Two Undergraduates in the East

London, Sports and Spotsmen, LTD, 1914. First edition. Cloth. The illustrated first edition of this travel account of time spent in the East, signed by the author. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the reverse of the title page, 'wish best wishes, from W. C. J. July 1914&apos.A travel account of the time two undergraduates spent travelling around the East, recounting their personal impressions and experiences of the different countries.Illustrated with a frontispiece, one colour plate, and thirty-four plates.Collated, complete.Written by W. Carey Jeffries.Bookplate of G. Ambrose Lee, York Herald, to the front pastedown. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart, with some minor marks to the boards. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with some odd spots only. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .

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Book number: 762P43

Catalogue: Asia

Keywords: Two Undergraduates in the East japan asia travel japan w. carey jeffries g. ambrose lee Not Stated

James Augustus St John

Egypt and Mohammed Ali or Travels in the Valley of the Nile

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown Green and Longman. 1834. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this scarce travel work on Egypt by British journalist, author and traveller James Augustus St John. To Volume II the pages xxii-xix have been mistakenly bound in backwards between pages 594 and 595. Collated, complete. With a vignette title page to each volume. The vignette to volume I is 'Site of Chaenoboscion' and 'The False Pyramid' to the second volume. These two volumes document James Augustus St John's travels to Egypt and Nubia in 1832. He mostly travelled on foot. This was the first of three works he wrote regarding these travels. Gift inscription to the recto of front endpaper to volume I, 'Johnson and Osborn Wilkinson on Their Leaving Eton, From Mr Hamilton' James Augustus St John was author and traveller who started the 'Weekly Review' alongside David Lester Richardson in 1827. He travelled through many parts of Europe before embarking on his Egyptian exploration. In uniform full calf bindings. Externally, generally smart. Spines are rubbed, mostly to the raised bands. Patches of rubbing to the extremities and to the joints. Front hinge is weak and may detach with further handling. Front hinge to volume I is strained but firm. Rear hinge to volume II is tender and may detach with further handling. Internally, both volumes are generally firmly bound though strained in places. Pages are bright with just the odd spots. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Book number: 622L23

Catalogue: Asia

Keywords: Egypt Travel Nile Scarce Travel None